Most Frequently used German Words with Two meanings

  1. die Taube vs der Taube

Here the only difference is with the article used. First one die Taube refers to the pigeon and the second one der Taube refers to a deaf person.

2.die Beeren vs die Bären

Here the articles are same but only spelling changes slightly. The pronunciation remains the same. The first one die Beeren is the plural form of die Beere which means berries and the second one die Bären is an animal bear.

3. das Pony vs der Pony

Here also the articles differ. The first one refers to baby horse and the second one refers to fringe hair style.

4. das Tor vs der Tor

Here the articles differ and the first one refers to a goal or a gate. For example ein Tor schießen – to score a goal and the second one der Tor refers to fool.

5. arm vs der Arm

The first one is an adjective and it refers to poor. The second one is a noun and it refers to a part in our body arm.

6. die Leiter vs der Leiter

This one differs in article and the first one refers to a ladder. Second one refers to leader or head.

7. bis vs der Biss

First one is a preposition which means until / upto / till. The second one is a noun which means bite. If you are a fan of twilight series in german version probably you can remember the caption biss zum Morgengrauen which means until dawn or bite at the break of dawn.

8. hast vs hasst.

The first one is second person singular present tense. Its infinitive verb is haben – to have. Second one is 2nd or 3rd person singular and its infinitive verb is hassen – to hate.

9. ist vs isst.

The first one is 3rd person singular and its infinitive verb is sein – to be. Second one is 2nd or 3rd person singular and its infinitive verb is essen – to eat.

10. die Seite vs die Saite.

The first one refers to page or side and the second one refers to string. Both words have the same pronunciation.